May 2015 – The Academy of Natural Sciences

a bird with black and white wings and an orange body on perched on a tree branch

Baltimore Oriole

May 26, 2015 Gelsey Torres Education, Featured, Interactive, Live Animals, Ornithology

Check out one of the birds you can see in our area this spring.

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Photo Essay: Animal Grossology

May 22, 2015 MikeServedio Exhibit, Featured

Photos from our new Animal Grossology exhibit.

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Ew Gross!

May 13, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Botany, Education, Entomology, Exhibit, Featured, Interactive, Live Animals

Take a whiff of the Animal Grossology exhibit.

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Greening Your Cleaning

May 11, 2015 Gelsey Torres Education, Environmental Science, Featured, Interactive

Help the environment by making your own cleaning products.

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Photo Essay: Mongolian Ambassadors

May 8, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Education, Entomology, Environmental Science, Evolution, Exhibit, Featured, Fossil, Ichthyology, Paleontology, People, Photoblog, Program, WINS

The ambassadors toured the Mongolian collections.

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Eating Insects

May 7, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Entomology, Featured

Insects as a protein alternative to meat.

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Jurassic Park Marathon

May 6, 2015 Carolyn Belardo Education, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology, Program

Plus Dinosaur Dance Party for the kids, May 9.

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Nunavut Crew 2004

Fish Hips

May 4, 2015 Gelsey Torres Education, Evolution, Featured, Fossil, Paleontology, People

Tiktaalik roseae’s famously fantastic fish hips.

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Geek of the Week: Jason C. Poole, Dinosaur Hall and Fossil Preparation Lab Coordinator

May 1, 2015 MikeServedio Education, Featured, Paleontology

The Academy’s own Jason Poole is featured as Geekadelphia’s Geek of the Week!

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